Trevelyan appointed transport secretary07/09/2022 Anne-Marie Trevelyan has been appointed secretary of state for transport. |
£1.1bn of road improvements set to take place in East of England16/01/2017 Consultations on £1.1 billion of improvements to some of the East of England’s busiest roads will take place over the next three months. |
Former adviser to McLoughlin wants greater focus on roads11/01/2017 A former special adviser to previous Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has admitted that the Government spent far too much time working on rail policy and “not enough on roads”. |
56,000 construction professionals needed by 202001/12/2016 More than 50,000 construction professionals, including 15,000 in the roads sector, are needed to deliver key infrastructure projects. |
Construction of £1.5bn A14 scheme starts28/11/2016 Work on the £1.5 billion A14 upgrade in Cambridgeshire is officially underway. |
Further details of £1.3bn road investment announced28/11/2016 Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has outlined further details of more than £1.3 billion of road improvements which were announced as part of the Autumn Statement last week. |
Transport Secretary announces motorway improvements20/10/2016 The Transport Secretary has announced Highways England road improvement schemes worth up to £20 million that he ways will create thousands of jobs and homes in the South West. |
£70m fund to support road safety along HS2 route12/10/2016 Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced £70 million funding to support local communities and road safety along the HS2 route between London and the West Midlands. |
Midlands Connect receives £12m funding boost04/10/2016 The Department for Transport (DfT) has provided Midlands Connect with a further £12 million for its work in developing the transport links needed to power the Midlands Engine. |
IPPR calls for “North First” approach to infrastructure funding10/08/2016 Figures released by economic think tank IPPR reveal the North of England is six-times less funded than London on infrastructure. |
Grayling visits north-west transport projects05/08/2016 Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has visited the Manchester Airport relief road project and the Port of Liverpool to see how the north-west is benefiting from government investment in transport infrastructure. |
Midlands Connect report: Speed up road and rail improvements22/07/2016 A report from Midlands Connect has called for a quickening of the pace in tackling the bottlenecks at the heart of the UK’s road and rail network. |
Roads sector welcomes Grayling appointment20/07/2016 The appointment of Chris Grayling as the government’s new Transport Secretary has been welcomed by the highways sector. |
Grayling replaces McLoughlin as Transport Secretary14/07/2016 Chris Grayling is the government’s new Transport Secretary. |
Glaister to continue as ORR chair30/06/2016 Stephen Glaister has been reappointed chair of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) until December 2017. |
Transport Secretary sets out government plans19/05/2016 Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has set out the government’s plans for transport and infrastructure. |
A591 in Cumbria to reopen next month11/04/2016 The storm-damaged A591 in Cumbria will reopen next month (May). |
DfT reveals details of £50m pothole funding allocation07/04/2016 The Department for Transport (DfT) has set out how £50 million of funding will be spent on repairing almost one million potholes across the country over the next year. |
Transport Secretary visits Norfolk to see road schemes07/03/2016 Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited Norfolk last week and took a look at the early work being carried out on the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR). |
New headquarters for Highways England19/03/2015 Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has officially opened the new headquarters of Highways England – the government-owned company that will take over the running of England’s motorways and A-roads from 1 April 2015. |
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